148 ITALIAN GRAMMAR 13. Dal 1850 al 1861, anno in cui mort, egli fu al governo. amrairato e amato da tutto il popolo. 14. Egli portd la Barione alia vittoria del 1859, dalla quale ebbe principio il regno d'ltalia. 15. Ma Fuomo che gritaliani ameranno sempre piii con Fandar degli anni, e Garibaldi. 16. Chi aon eonosee qualche cosa della vita di questo famoso duce ? 17. A capo del suoi soldati dalla1 camicia rossa, egli passd di vittoria in vittoria. 18. Dalle Alpi al mare tutti gPItaliani vanno orgogliosi, e con ragione, di questi loro grandi uoraini. C. 1. I am studying Italian history now. 2. I am learning something about the great men of Italy. 3. Our professor often speaks of them to us in class. 4 By speaking of them to us, he teaches us many interesting things. 5. Yesterday, on finishing his lesson, he advised us to (di) read some books on the Italians' struggle for independence. 6. I am reading one of these books now. 7. This perkxi of Italian history starts in (da) eighteen hundred twenty-Hone and ends with the Great War. 8. With the victory of Yittorio Veneto — October 24tk-Noveniber 4th, * nineteen hun- dred eighteen — the Italians drove the Austrians beyond the Alps, 9. la reading Italian history, I admire more and more the Italian people. D, L Italians are justly proud of the great men who helped them te» (a) drive the enemy from their country. 2. Victor Em- mantiel II, risking throne and life, was at the head of the struggle. 3, Cavour was the statesman who advised him and prepared the victory. 4. Mazzini, arousing the Italians with his books and his example, taught them to (ad) love their country and to (a) sacrifice cveryiMng to it, 5. In Garibaldi the Italians had a leader who brought them to victory. 6. In reading the history of the Great War, we see that Victor Emmanuel III, by taking his place at the teri if UB soldiers, followed the example of his grandfather. 7, tttiw k>ve and respect him as a father. 8. Great mm are in this case * No article Mm these dates.